Dickies or Carharts.

[BigClive]

Dickies or Carharts (or other)... Which is the best brand of workwear?

[Dave@PSE&G]

Dickies or Carharts (or other)... Which is the best brand of workwear?

I believe that Carharts are much more durable longterm, but they are a bit more expensive. I guess its true that you get what you pay for. Personally, I go with Carharts.

[LostArt]

The Boss is Carharts also. He used to be Levis but he says they changed their size charts. http://www.avowners.com/forum/smileys/doh001.gif :D

[PA BEN]

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s276/PABEN07/IMG_0178.jpg

[Orgnizdlbr]

Carharts....

[Schmitty]

i've been pretty impressed with the durability of carharts.

[Trampbag]

Looking at the picture above is exactly why rubber gloving and sticking aren’t compatible. Glovers can’t stick!!!!!

[Orgnizdlbr]

Looking at the picture above is exactly why rubber gloving and sticking aren’t compatible. Glovers can’t stick!!!!!


I thought the same thing Tramp, why bother with the shotgun??

[PA BEN]

I thought the same thing Tramp, why bother with the shotgun??
I used the shotgun because I wanted to get my mac out as far as I could to make room for my hoist. 4/0 copper 4kv:D My fat ass can't reach out like I use too.:o

[LostArt]

Well, do you care to say what you wear Trampbag? You know, what you might STICK your legs into? Heh.

Although, I didn't realize everyone was wearing overall Carharts. Nope, the boss wears just the jeans.

[tramp67]

Carhartts. Dickies seem stiffer and not as good stitching.

[wormy]

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Carhartts

[Hemingray Insulators]

I like Carharts

[CenterPointEX]

I thought the same thing Tramp, why bother with the shotgun??
The yard I work in made it a rule to ruber glove sticks when our old,,, old sticks started failing in droves?... Ummm They were concerned about our safety?

Dickies are for Sponge Bob... ;-) ---|>

[LINETRASH]

Cammo shorts and a tank top!

Wha..?? Oh Work wear!

Company issued Fr shirt and Livi's.

'Course this is S. Fla, If I wanted to know about cold weather wear I'd move (NOT!)

These two venders are not the only game in town, I am sure you can get a better deal elsewhere....

Like EH boots! What a ripoff from big vendors!! I can be in a comfy pair from wallmart for about 30 bucks.

Shop around!!!

[BigClive]

I just actually bought some Pointer Brand denim overalls for myself and some friends who are mechanical engineers.

Dickies is currently a prominent brand of workwear in the UK, but it's just mass produced Chinese polycotton coveralls with a Dickies badge on them.

[h0tgl0v3r]

Having used 'UK' Dickies (amongst others) and once owning a US made Carhartt jacket; I'd have to say Carhartts. (From my limited experience!!!)

[graybeard]

Carharts for bibs and coats. The blue jeans are pretty good, but I like Riggs work wear from Wrangler also. They make the best tees that I've found because the make them in tall. No butt crack, they stay tucked in.

[Bigheadnc]

Carhart, the best

[CenterPointEX]

I stand in faith that Dickies are for Sponge Bob... Dickies are GAy.

[Dave@PSE&G]

I stand in faith that Dickies are for Sponge Bob... Dickies are GAy.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. That's not a very christian thing to say, is it?:(

[BigClive]

Actually it's a VERY "Christian" thing to say. They have to grind their axe on someone, and they've not been allowed to burn old ladies on stakes in recent years. :)

[BigClive]

Carharts for bibs and coats. The blue jeans are pretty good, but I like Riggs work wear from Wrangler also. They make the best tees that I've found because the make them in tall. No butt crack, they stay tucked in.

Yeah. Short T's. They're a grind for big people.

[CenterPointEX]

Tsk, tsk, tsk. That's not a very christian thing to say, is it?:( Come now Dave... Is your mind in the gutter? I said Dickies are for Sponge Bob... a cute little cartoon charactor... And for all you King James Alter boys... the definition of Gay... In King James English... is carefree... happy... damn skippy... so if I said, "being gay is well received in England" and I said, "Being Gay is looked down upon in England"... These statements would seem to conflict... But it would be a matter of when I said them... Cause whether I said them in 1765 or 1965 would make a difference... being as the standard meaning of "Gay" has changed...

Romans Chapter 1..."In the same way also men abandoned natural relations with women and were filled with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion..."... Some things never change...

[PA BEN]

Just can't have a "GAY OLD TIME" any more:D

[LostArt]

I just took it the way ya said it in 2007.


And my son when he was in the middle school said I was "ghey". If I said anything that was romotely something out of the norm, he called me "ghey".

No, I'm not asking you to figure out if I am "ghey" or not Swamp! :D I'm just saying that there are many meanings these days.........or so it seems. Heck, I don't know! Why did I even jump in here???????????

































Oh yeah....I'm "ghey". Heh.

[Orgnizdlbr]

Come now Dave... Is your mind in the gutter? I said Dickies are for Sponge Bob... a cute little cartoon charactor... And for all you King James Alter boys... the definition of Gay... In King James English... is carefree... happy... damn skippy... so if I said, "being gay is well received in England" and I said, "Being Gay is looked down upon in England"... These statements would seem to conflict... But it would be a matter of when I said them... Cause whether I said them in 1765 or 1965 would make a difference... being as the standard meaning of "Gay" has changed...

Romans Chapter 1..."In the same way also men abandoned natural relations with women and were filled with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion..."... Some things never change...

Dave was right, not a very Christian thing to say. No matter how you spin it now.........

[tramp67]

No, I'm not asking you to figure out if I am "ghey" or not Swamp! :D I'm just saying that there are many meanings these days.........or so it seems. Heck, I don't know! Why did I even jump in here?????????

Oh yeah....I'm "ghey". Heh.

Yeah, the good looking ones always end up being gay......:(

[tramp67]

Actually it's a VERY "Christian" thing to say. They have to grind their axe on someone, and they've not been allowed to burn old ladies on stakes in recent years. :)

You are stereotyping, BigClive! Who said they are always old ladies? Could be young, luscious women, or even men!

[LostArt]

Yeah, the good looking ones always end up being gay......:(

That's so true. And sometimes you are quite blown away because they just didn't strike you as swingin' another way.

Time for a new smilie......

http://www.avowners.com/forum/smileys/zzzzz999.gif



You are stereotyping, BigClive! Who said they are always old ladies? Could be young, luscious women, or even men!

Ummm..........luscious sounds sinful Tramp. Watch what you say here...

Wait a minute. http://www.avowners.com/forum/smileys/doh354.gif What thread am I in???? Hey! We are just talkin' britches, aren't we?

[BigClive]

Strange that this subject comes up at exactly the same time that one of the campest figures in TV history has died.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6430147.stm

John Inman who played Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served.

I think there's still an element of people thinking that all gays have high pitched voices and mince about in pink frocks. In reality you could have worked alongside one for most of your life and be none the wiser. The only clue might be their lack of a girlfriend or wife, and even that doesn't mean anything given how many men are choosing a single life now anyway.

Changed times indeed.

[Trampbag]

I used the shotgun because I wanted to get my mac out as far as I could to make room for my hoist. 4/0 copper 4kv:D My fat ass can't reach out like I use too.




Precisely Lad, and if you didn’t get it you’re trained as a glover, know little about sticking.

Sadly the trade is a changing. Or maybe I’m just getting long in the tooth.



LA:

I put my legs into anything that is required to get the job done; jeans, coveralls, overalls, boiler suits, waders …

[LostArt]

LA:

I put my legs into anything that is required to get the job done; jeans, coveralls, overalls, boiler suits, waders …

So, it really depends on who you are working for at the time or the weather (climate) you are working in?

Cool. First lineman that I have seen post that he doesn't care about name brands or preferences.

[tramp67]

So, it really depends on who you are working for at the time or the weather (climate) you are working in?

Cool. First lineman that I have seen post that he doesn't care about name brands or preferences.

My preference is always for the ladies. Sorry, Mr Humphrey! Although I also have to draw the line before I'd get to Mrs. Slokum, how about you, BigClive?

[CenterPointEX]

Hey man... I got feelings ya know ... Ya'll are gonna upset me telling me saying "Dickes are Gay is Satanic?..." Reach around and get a grip man... What kinda world is this the we live in... The Outlaw Jesus Christ seems to be on y'alls hit list cause he and his evil band of Disciples are ruining the Moral Character of America...squashing free exercise of freelance sport sex... How dare we even suggest that anal sex with a reach around between consenting males is an unkosher past time?... We should confirm Gays as the upright moral back bone of American Jurist Prudence. The New Tolerant Proud America on Parade... Yes... Hang the Christians from the tallest tree and be done with moral dogmas of absolute truths and silly ideas that right and wrong are discernible from each other...


Dickies for Everybody... Bend over America!


Tonight I mus get down on my knees and ask the Lord to forgive me for voicing my opinion that I think dickies make folks look a little skippy...amongst other things?

[Bull Dog]

When i started in line work we had rubber rain coats down to our ancles that weighed 10 pounds. Hip boots up to our ass and a big hard hat. Must have looked like really something but managed to work in that junk. Dikkies sounds gay to me. Art is not gay but she looks at gay porn Ha.

[Dave@PSE&G]

I think there's still an element of people thinking that all gays have high pitched voices and mince about in pink frocks.

Only the ones who want to march in the St. Patrick's Day parade in NYC. :p

[Dave@PSE&G]

Tonight I mus get down on my knees...
You never know when to quit, do ya?:rolleyes:

[Dave@PSE&G]

Hey man... I got feelings ya know ... Ya'll are gonna upset me telling me saying "Dickes are Gay is Satanic?

CP, I was only messin' with you. How can I constantly jab at Mr. Batts and let others off the hook. As for the Satan reference, I don't recall anyone saying that you said SpongeBob was the devil. Now Mr. Krabs maybe, but SpongeBob...?

[PA BEN]

I though this thread was about??????????? O, I forgot;)

[BigClive]

My preference is always for the ladies. Sorry, Mr Humphrey! Although I also have to draw the line before I'd get to Mrs. Slokum, how about you, BigClive?

What Mrs Slocumbe? Well I suppose if I was being paid enough.... (lots!)

So what about Miss Brahms then? :)

[BigClive]

Tonight I mus get down on my knees and ask the Lord to forgive me for voicing my opinion that I think dickies make folks look a little skippy...amongst other things?

All I can say is this. If you go up to heaven and God's wearing a pair of Dickies you're in DEEP shit. :D

[tramp67]

I could easily see myself spending time with Miss Brahms!:rolleyes:

[LostArt]

When i started in line work we had rubber rain coats down to our ancles that weighed 10 pounds. Hip boots up to our ass and a big hard hat. Must have looked like really something but managed to work in that junk.

Aaawwww...........I bet ya'll looked sooo cute!!! http://www.avowners.com/forum/smileys/love4.gif


Dikkies sounds gay to me. Art is not gay but she looks at gay porn Ha.

Oh yeah???!!!! As ghey as this?

http://www.avowners.com/forum/smileys/party645x.gif

:D

[LostArt]

CP, surely you aren't surprised at the ribbin'? And I think most Christians can take a little bit of that, don't you? I mean, it ain't even gotten to the worst stuff yet. Oh pooh! If Christians are crying now, how are they going to hold up later?

Keep praying...we all need it.

[CenterPointEX]

You never know when to quit, do ya?:rolleyes:

Nope~... Had that trouble all my life... anyhow I'm having way too much fun with the Dickies thing to just let it go... and like the gaggle of Damn Skippy Dicikes supporters here on this board... Could I call em Jock Straps for shor?... anyhow, I like to get folks singing acolades about the Dickies boys then break it off in thier ummmmm... Dickies receptacle?... Its funny to watch the look on thier faces when after I get em to tell me how normal and wonderful the Dickies boys are, I start describing what it is they do to each other, you know the tears in the colon into which feces and other things mix... spreading the AIDs amongst other things.... YUCK! and they want to be boy scout leaders... The Boy Scouts have been defunded because the wouldn't let em?

[BigClive]

Its funny to watch the look on thier faces when after I get em to tell me how normal and wonderful the Dickies boys are, I start describing what it is they do to each other, you know the tears in the colon into which feces and other things mix... spreading the AIDs amongst other things.... YUCK! and they want to be boy scout leaders... The Boy Scouts have been defunded because the wouldn't let em?

So to summarise. Wearing Dickies will cause your colon to tear causing faeces and other things to mix and spread AIDS, and the boy scouts will be defunded. :confused:

Good heavens. No wonder everyone said Carharts were better. :rolleyes:

My current employer has just issued me with a pair of black Dickies coveralls (boilersuit) too. I'm almost too scared to wear them in case I turn into a Dickie boy and my colon bursts.

[CenterPointEX]

That B.C. is a team player... He catches on quick too.
.....I'm thinkin if'n yer a man among men and ya keep the Dickies a safe distance from yer colon, then ya ain't got narry to fret about... I'm all about the Carharts... So you kin keep yer Dickies to yerself...
As for the Satan reference, I don't recall anyone saying that you said SpongeBob was the devil... I'm not the only one to judge Sponge Bob as a little skippy... The Gay Community has venerated him as an Icon for the lifestyle... They scarf up stuff with the Sponge Bob Logo and wear it proudly... Like with the Dickies... Folks sporting Sponge Bobs walk funny after a night on the town...

[BigClive]

Classic Dickies as gay-wear is still a rather sweeping comment. Here in the UK some heavy marketing of the Dickies logo means that about 80% of workwear on construction sites tends to be Dickies boilersuits. I'm not sure they're all gay, but you could always come over and ask them.

[PA BEN]

That B.C. is a team player... He catches on quick too.
The Gay Community has venerated him as an Icon for the lifestyle... They scarf up stuff with the Sponge Bob Logo and wear it proudly... Like with the Dickies... Folks sporting Sponge Bobs walk funny after a night on the town...
I think I've led a sheltered life. My kids watch Sponge Bob and the last thing on my mind is he's a rump ranger. Not only can you not have a guy old time like the flintstones anymore, thay have taken Sponge Bob? Well I say NO, thay can't have Sponge Bob.:eek: Who's going to pilot my plane?????

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s276/PABEN07/103_0611.jpg

[Dave@PSE&G]

That B.C. is a team player... He catches on quick too.
.....I'm thinkin if'n yer a man among men and ya keep the Dickies a safe distance from yer colon, then ya ain't got narry to fret about... I'm all about the Carharts... So you kin keep yer Dickies to yerself... I'm not the only one to judge Sponge Bob as a little skippy... The Gay Community has venerated him as an Icon for the lifestyle... They scarf up stuff with the Sponge Bob Logo and wear it proudly... Like with the Dickies... Folks sporting Sponge Bobs walk funny after a night on the town...
That's news to me. Then again, I don't keep up with the "rainbow" warriors...

[CenterPointEX]

Ok... I'm done with the Dickies thing... I apologize for Dragging them thru the mud... Dickies are not that awuful of a look... Y'all kin have yer thread back :-):o:cool: Dickies as Gay wear is un-substanciated theory...and the boilermakers in the UK... well they can sport their Dickies for everyone to see for all I care... "I cain't see 'em from my house!"

[PA BEN]

Just looked at the tag on my new Carhartt shirt, It's made in that Union shop in the Dominican Republic and my new Bib over alls are made in that Union shop in Mexico. When did Carhartt move out of the U.S.A.?:eek:

[tramp67]

Some of the Carhartt gear is made in USA, some is made elsewhere. You just never know unless you look at the tags. My Redwing boots are made in the USA, but they import some shoes for people that don't want to pay for quality.

[BigClive]

Just looked at the tag on my new Carhartt shirt, It's made in that Union shop in the Dominican Republic and my new Bib over alls are made in that Union shop in Mexico. When did Carhartt move out of the U.S.A.?:eek:

They've definitely got a new image. Try a search for carharrt on youtube and they seem to have forged a connection with smoking!

I came across one of my old boilersuits (coveralls) recently and believe it or not they are Carharrts, but made in Dundee, Scotland!

[Orgnizdlbr]

... Its funny to watch the look on thier faces when after I get em to tell me how normal and wonderful the Dickies boys are, I start describing what it is they do to each other, you know the tears in the colon into which feces and other things mix... spreading the AIDs amongst other things.... YUCK! and they want to be boy scout leaders... The Boy Scouts have been defunded because the wouldn't let em?

Umm, you seem to have some knowledge of the subject. From where did you gleen this information? Have you an interest or have you studied the subject?

[BigClive]

Being Christian I'm sure he gets all sorts of hysterical nonsense pumped into his head at every session. It gradually evolves to accommodate new subjects when old ones get them bad press.

Then again. Priests? Choirboys? Didn't the church invent homosexuality? ;)

How is religion in general in the USA these days? Here in the UK the younger generation have kinda given up on church. I reckon this is because young people aren't scared of death any more and religion used to be sold on the false promise of eternal life.

[Dave@PSE&G]

Being Christian I'm sure he gets all sorts of hysterical nonsense pumped into his head at every session. It gradually evolves to accommodate new subjects when old ones get them bad press.

C'mon Clive, pay attention. You know a good Christian fella like CP doesn't believe that anything evolves.:D

[LostArt]

C'mon Clive, pay attention. You know a good Christian fella like CP doesn't believe that anything evolves.:D

LMAO! Okay, even I liked that comeback!

[CenterPointEX]

Came across this thread and thought to myself... self... I wonder how the Dickies are holding up out in SanFrancisco... I hear they got a a cold snap from hell pounding the Crap out of their Dickies... So whats the scoop Local 47... how is SMUD"s Dickies holding up?

[BigClive]

They're probably all hugging each other to stay warm and waiting for CP to arrive so they can watch him sliding up and down their poles. :p

Read the rest of this thread if that doesn't make sense. Thanks to CP it turned from workwear into the "gayest" thread on the forum. :D

I'm starting back at work tomorrow. I think I'll look out my pair of genuine American Dickies duck bib overalls and wear them to work. I do hope they don't make me burst my co-workers colons. They'd be soooo annoyed.

[BigClive]

I like the American workwear a lot. It's got a much more generous cut to it and is made of heavier fabric. Our bib & brace overalls don't tend to have the high back and generally have a narrower bib. They also tend to have a very narrow leg. The main type of workwear here in Scotland is the boilersuit which is what you would call a coverall in the USA.

The Australian stuff isn't too bad either. I brought a few bits of workwear back with me. My favourite is their sleeveless coverall. Like a lot of the Australian stuff it seems to be a UK/USA hybrid that combines the styles of both countries.

[Ski_Digger]

Carharts!
For the Carhart people any one gone on their site and signed up to be a test person? And If you did, anything been sent to ya? Just wondering.
Ski.

[PA BEN]

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Hey guys thanks for sticking to topic. Just checked the other site and they had this same topic going and somehow it turned into a gay non-gay argument. Me thinks this is the best site of ALL

[BigClive]

I can't believe they censored my "Spunk Bob and Gay Pants" joke. :rolleyes:

[PA BEN]

I can't believe they censored my "Spunk Bob and Gay Pants" joke. :rolleyes:

He probably came over here from there just to punk us out.:eek:

[CenterPointEX]

Read with an Irish Accent
Caution... if you are from the other site... unhand your Dickies before attempting this... we wouldn't want you to get hurt...

"Me thinks" maybe they don't have sense of humor over there... Either that or they are embareassed to air out their Dickies in public... After all it takes real men to guzzle Guiness while sporting their Dickies...

Pherhaps we should pose this question in the Ladies Forum... "Carharts... or Dickies?"...but alas, me thinks the Ladies here are Ladies and wouldn't touch that one with a ten foot pole. :-} %---

[Dave@PSE&G]

With the amount of time it took to kill this thread, I can't believe ANYONE would dig it up and take it to the Pet Cemetary. Don't you know that ground is sour?